beet

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
2. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.

Verb

1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To improve; to mend.
2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To kindle a fire.
3. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To rouse.

Synonyms

beetroot

red beet

common beet

Beta vulgaris

garden beet

vegetable

sugarbeet

table beet

beetroot

bulbous plant

root

sugar beet

turnip

Translations

barbabietola

betterave

Rübe

remolacha

beterraba

biet

kroot

beetwortel

remolatxa

mangelwortel

κοκκινογούλι

παντζάρι

rote Rübe

Bete

Pronounced as (IPA)

/biːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bete

Inherited from Old English: bēte

In summary

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.